An overpowering second half performance propelled West Liberty-Salem Friday to a 55-36 victory over Northeastern in an Ohio Heritage Conference game.
The Tigers improve to 12-9 overall and 10-6 in the OHC. Northeastern drops to 8-14, 5-11.
The game was close for the first two quarters until WL-S pulled away in the second half.
The Tigers led 12-11 after one quarter, and outscored the Jets 13-11 in the second quarter to take a 25-22 lead into halftime.
WL-S wasted little time pulling away for good out of halftime. The Tigers doubled up the Jets in scoring, 18-9, in the third quarter to push their lead to double digits. WL-S went on to outscore Northeastern 12-5 in the fourth quarter to finish off the win.
Taran Logwood registered a double-double to lead the Tigers, scoring 20 points and pulling down 12 rebounds. Matt Jones added 12 points on top of six rebounds for WL-S.
Northeastern won the JV game 36-29. JJ Johnson scored 11 points for WL-S.
The Tigers close out the regular season today when they host Urbana in a non-league game.
WEST LIBERTY-SALEM 55 NORTHEASTERN 36
NORTHEASTERN (8-14, 5-11)
Guevara 6 0-0 13; Laughbaum 4 1-1 9; Lockwood 3 0-2 6; McCombs 1 1-2 3; Neer 1 0-0 3; Tuttle 1 0-0 2. Totals: 16 2-5 36
WEST LIBERTY-SALEM (12-9, 10-6)
Logwood 9 2-6 20; Jones 5 0-0 12; Hostetler 3 2-2 8; Poppe 2 1-2 5; Louden 2 0-0 4; Phillips 1 0-0 2; Powell 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 5-10 55.
Jets. 11 11 9 5 — 36
Tigers.12 13 18 12 — 55
Three pointers: Northeastern 2 (Guevara, Neer); West Liberty-Salem 2 (Jones 2.) Team fouls Northeastern 5; West Liberty-Salem 7.